Current Affairs : 1st May 2016

Published on Sunday, May 01, 2016

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Centre approves Rs.9,005 Cr. investment for affordable housing in three states

The government of India has approved an investment of Rs.9,005 crore for construction of 73,205 more houses for Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) in urban
under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana(PMAY) in the States of Maharashtra, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.

An inter-ministerial Central Screening & Monitoring Committee chaired by Dr.Nandita Chatterjee, Secretary (HUPA) approved the first batch of housing
proposals during the current financial year.